The Kichels Presents: The Between Carpools Unpublished Hacks

These are the hacks that didn’t make it onto Between Carpools, brought to you by The Kichels!

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Unpublished Hacks
9×13 dinner

The 9×13 Life: For those days when you’re short on time, there’s nothing like this 30-second supper for a quick and easy meal your family will love!

Unpublished Hacks
The Life Planner for Real Life

Finally, the day planner that meets your needs as a busy mom, with enough room to log dentist appointments, therapy sessions, doctor appointments, days off, work deadlines, to-do lists, and shopping lists. Stick it into your purse and take it everywhere with you. (Often purchased together with our Mom Purse for Real Life.)

Unpublished Hacks
The No-Fail Laundry system

Get your kids engaged and get those stacks of laundry put away efficiently! Just follow these simple steps:

• Sort all laundry by type and color
• Pre-treat any tough stains
• Soak any super-tough stains
• Wash
• Hang delicates out to dry
• Iron shirts and pleated skirts
• Neatly fold and sort items by family member
• Place a stack of folded laundry on each child’s bed
• Gently and lovingly remind each child to put away their clean laundry

Presto! In under a minute, each child will have thrown all their laundry back into the hamper, thus completing The Laundry Cycle of Life.

Unpublished Hacks
Send the Perfect Classy Gift to Your Neighbor’s Kiddush

1. Bake your favorite yellow cake recipe, then let cool. Using a 2”-circle cookie cutter or a glass that magically fits these parameters, cut the cake into perfect circles.
2. Throw out all of the circles that crumble, have messy edges, or stick to the cookie cutter. Bake another cake. Try again.
3. Boil your favorite berries and fruit in a simple syrup. Scrape out of pot, leaving the burnt sugar behind.
4. Whip cream, then transfer into piping bag with star tip. Whip more cream when your piping bag gets a hole in it, and cream shoots out the wrong end.
5. Assemble mini-trifles in the pretty cups you purchased for this purpose. Wipe off sides when the cake crumbles and whip smears and fruit smudges.
6. Check to see how many trifles are pretty enough to send your neighbor. Google local bakeries to see how many trifles come in their gift options. Repeat steps 1-6 as necessary until you have a minimum of 8 trifles.
7. An hour before Shabbos, give up hope and send a saran-wrapped-whatever-was-left-at-the-bakery, with a hand-scrawled note and your last vestiges of pride. 

Unpublished Hacks
Leftover Gefilte Fish Hack

Carefully store in clean Tupperware or pan, sealing tightly. Wrap in foil and/or Saran wrap. Place in back of fridge—not on door. On Thursday, when you start Shabbos prep, remove leftovers from fridge and toss.